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A. R. HUMES.

GARPENTER'S WORK BENCH. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1902.

918,155, Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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ANDREW R. HUMES, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

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Be it known that I, ANDREW R. House, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpenters Work- Benches,of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing.

lily improvement relates particularly to carpenters work benches inwhich provision is made for securing boards and other pieces of wood forplaning or other dressing.

The object of the invention is to provide a work bench embodying simpleand eflicient mechanism for quickly and firmly securing to the top ofthe bench boards and other pieces of wood of varying lengths.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of a work benchembodying my improvement, portions being broken away; lg. 2 is a sideelevation of the same bench, portions being broken away; Fig. 3 is anupright section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking toward the right; Fig.i is a perspective view of the movable clamp member.

Referring to said drawings, 1, 1 are the usual standards of the bench;2, 2 are longitudinal, upright boards or aprons secured to the outersides of said standards and extend ing to the top, 3. 'Adjacent the lefthand front corner of the top is a stop or dog, 4, which may be movableor immovable. If immovable, it must be adapted to be renderedtemporarily immovable. In the top, a little way rearward of said stopare a row of upright sockets, 5, such row extending lengthwise of thebench from near said stop toward the right as far as may be de sired,preferably nearly to the right hand end of the top. A thin, fiat movablemember, 6, is to be secured in any one of said sockets. Said clampmember has a down ward directed stud, 7, adapted to fit into any one ofsaid sockets and constitute a journal for the turning of said clampmember flatwise upon the upper face of the bench top. Normally saidclamp member stands approximately crosswise of the length of the table,one end of said member extending as far forward does the stop or dog, 4.To the opposite end of said clamp member is secured a cord or chain, 10.Said cord may be secured in a variety of ways. The drawings show a band,8, surrounding said member and having an eye, 9, through whichlSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26,

Patented April 13, 1909. 1903. Serial No. 450,384.

said cord extends. Near the right hand end of the bench top, said tophas an opening, 11, in which is seated an idle guide pulley, Said cordextends around said pulley and thence to a shaft, 13, which extendstransversely and horizontally across the bench below the top, and restsin bearings, l-i, in the side boards, 2, said cord being secured to saidshaft so as to adapt the latter for winding the cord upon the shaft whenthe latter is rotated in the proper direction. 011 said shaft is a head,15, bearing a crossarm, 16, to be engaged by the hand for the rotationof said shaft. Between the head, 15, and the adjacent side board, 2, isa ratchet wheel, 17, rigidly surrounding said shaft; and a pawl, 18, ishinged at 19 to the side board, 2, in proper relation to engage theteeth of said ratchet wheel.

In operation, the piece of wood which is to be planed or dressed isplaced in front of the stop or dog, 4, and the movable clamp member, 6,is then placed near the opposite end or edge of said piece of wood andapproximately cross-wise of the table, the stud, 7, being pressed intothe nearest socket, Then the shaft, 13, is turned for the tigh ening ofthe cord, 10, whereby the rear end of the movable clamp member is drawntoward the right, said member turning bocily with said socket for abearing, and the forward end of said movable clamp member turning towardthe left and bearing against said piece of wood. In practice it has beenfound that by this means the piece of wood may be so firmly clamped thatit may be planed toward the movable clamp member as well as toward thefixed stop, 4. And it will be observed that this mechanism may be usedfor holding or clamping pieces or work while being fitted or nailed orscrewed or glued to each other. In other words, the mechanism partakesof the nature of a clamp.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a work bench, a top having in its upper face a row of uprightsockets, said row being parallel to the length of the bench, a stop, aflat, one-piece, movable clamp member adapted to rest directly upon theupper face of the bench top and having a stud adapted to enter saidsockets, and means for turning said clamp member in a horizontal plane,said stud turning as an upright journal in the socket in which it rests.

2. In a work bench, a top having in its row being parallel to the lengthof the bench, a stop, a fiat, one-piece, movable clamp member adapted torest directly upon the-upper. face: ofthc bench top. and having a studbetween its ends adapted to. enter said sockets, and means for turningsaid clamp member in a horizontal plane, said stud turning as an uprightjournal in, the socket in which it rests.

3. In a Work bench, a top: having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the front of the bench, a stop, a movable clamp memberhaving a stud adapted to enter sail.

sockets, a cord for turning said. clamp memhaving a stud adapted toenter said sockets,

her, and mechanism for winding said cord.

Ina work bench, a top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel tothe length of the bench, a stop, a movable clamp member having a studbetween its ends adapted to enter said sockets, a cord for turning saidclamp member, and mcchanisn'i for winding said cord.

5; In a work bench, a top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the front of the bench, a, stop, a movable clamp memberhaving a stud adapted to enter said sockets, a cord, for turningsaidclamp mem ber, mechanismfor winding sai'd cord, and mechanism forlocking, said winding mechanism. I

6. In a work bench, at top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the length of the bench, a stop, a movable clampmeniberhavlng a stud between its ends adapted to enter said sockets, acord for turning said clamp member, mechanism for winding said cord, andratchet mechanism for locking said winding mechanism.

7. In a Work bench,,a top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the front of-the-bench, a stop, a movable clamp mem, herhaving a stud adapted to enter said ed to enter said sockets, and a cordextend ing from said clamp member to said shaft.

93., In a Work bench, a top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the length of the bench, a stop, side boards below said top,a shaft journaled in said side boards, a guide pulley, a. movable clampmember and a cordv extending from said clamp member to said, shaft.

10. In a work bench, a top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the length of the bench, at stop, side boards below. saidtop, a shaft journaled in said side boards, a movable clampmember havinga stud adapted to enter said socket-s, a cord extending from said clampmember to said shaft, and mechanism for locking said shaft.

11. In a work bench, a top having a row of sockets, said row beingparallel to the length of the bench, at stop, side boards be- ].ow saidtop, a shaft journal'ed in said side boards, a guide pulley, a movableclamp member having a stud adapted to enter said sockets, a cordextending from said clamp member to said shaft, and mechanism forlocking said shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, in presence of twowitnesses, this the 24th day of August, in the year one thousand ninehundred a-nd eight.

ANDREW It. HUMES.

Witnesses J. J. GILLENWATERS, R031. R. FIELD.

